lamentive
English
Adjective
lamentive (comparative more lamentive, superlative most lamentive)
- Being or relating to a lamentation.
- 1859, The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist (volume 4, page 129)
- With the Death's-head moth, this sound is given out when confined or taken into the band, and is likened to the cry of a mouse, but is said to be more plaintive and even lamentive.
- 1859, The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist (volume 4, page 129)